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title: Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and Hon. William H. English (campaign handkerchief, Hugh McCrossan)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hancock-1880-portrait/
description: 'Campaign handkerchief printed on cloth (copyright 1880 by Hugh McCrossan, per the print): oval portraits of Hancock and English under a domed ''Liberty''…'
section: Collection
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[![Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and Hon. William H. English (campaign handkerchief, Hugh McCrossan)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hancock-1880-portrait.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/hancock-1880-portrait.jpg)

# Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and Hon. William H. English (campaign handkerchief, Hugh McCrossan)

Campaign handkerchief printed on cloth (copyright 1880 by Hugh McCrossan, per the print): oval portraits of Hancock and English under a domed 'Liberty' temple, crossed flags and star borders, with a vignette of Hancock on horseback before troops. Flags, the Liberty motif and the mounted-general vignette attach national and military prestige to the ticket.

[← Our Nation's Choice: Gen. James Abram Garfield and Gen. Chester A. Arthur (Haasis & Lubrecht)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/garfield-nations-choice-1880/) [The Champions of the People's Rights: Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock and William H. English →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hancock-english-champions-peoples-rights-1880/)

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